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The Sunday Edition: How vaping took over Britain

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Politics, Unknown, Daily News, News

41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This episode was originally published two year ago.


They are supposed to help adults quit smoking – so why is a Willy Wonka array of disposable vapes being mass marketed to children? The Chartered Trading Standards Institute wants tougher penalties for those selling to under-18s. Just how did vaping get so big in Britain?

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory


Guest: Josh Glancy, News Review Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Edward Drummond.

Clips: BBC News, Sky News, Channel 4 News.

Photo: Getty Images.

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So every weekend, we raid the story archives

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for an episode you might have missed

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that we think you'd love.

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This week's episode is an oldie but a goodie from two years ago back when we were

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stories of our times. So back then, Josh Glancy decided to take up vaping just to see how

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